Problem with BindModel

Hi,

I've been trying to bind a form to the model in a asp.net mvc application.

I've used the   Minscape.Lightspeed.Mvc library and it only work with String properties, so i downloaded the source code to debug the library.

I'm getting "ArgumentException" whenever i it to bind an integer property

          if (bindResult != null && targetProperty != null && targetProperty.GetSetMethod() != null)
          {
            targetProperty.GetSetMethod().Invoke(
              entity,
              new object[1] { bindResult.AttemptedValue }
              );
          }
        }
        catch (ArgumentException) {  }
        catch (TargetInvocationException) { }
      }

Do you have a work around for this error?

A possible solution could be something like that:

 
          if (bindResult != null && targetProperty != null && targetProperty.GetSetMethod() != null)
          {
            System.ComponentModel.StringConverter st = new System.ComponentModel.StringConverter();
            var value = st.ConvertTo(bindResult.AttemptedValue, targetProperty.PropertyType);

            targetProperty.GetSetMethod().Invoke(
              entity,
              new object[1] { value }
              );
          }
        }
        catch (ArgumentException) { }
        catch (TargetInvocationException) { }
      }

The only proble is that the StringConverter doesn't work well so i've made a case whit the differtent property types.

Thanks

Hi Ariel,

If you have a look at bindResult which is a ValueProviderResult instance it has a number of ConvertTo methods already available on it for handling this so I would have a look at leveraging those. If you are able to create a patch and a couple of tests for this it would be great to look at applying this back to the community source.

Jeremy